meeting, simply explaining the way things had happened. She didn't want sympathy or even empathy from Elena. She just wanted her to understand. "So, I talked to people. Lexi, other-you, I don't even know how many others. And I decided I'd turn it all back on. It was hell, five centuries of emotions...and it's not a dial, it's a flood and it was brutal. But it changed everything." And it really had. One day at a time, everything changed, was still changing every day.
"Not instantly, obviously. Even with my humanity, I'm still me. I'm still a selfish survivor. It took coaching to get where I am. Again, Lexi, other-you, Ruby...people that pushed beyond the past to try to help me work out a future. I tried, probably a thousand times, to make this city okay with me."
She shook her head, letting out a chuckle. "It was so stupid. I don't know why I thought I could just sweep it under the rug and expect everyone to foeget and give me a chance just because I gave some flowery speeches." (...)